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president obama and governor romney faced off tonight in the first of three debates before election day on november 6th. domestic policy was in focus during the 90-minute showdown at the university of denver. the platform gave govern romney an opportunity to reignite his campaign which has suffered some this summer. they sparred across a range of issues. >> there's a various done of small businesses across the country saying what's the effect of obamacare in your hiring plans. three quarters said it makes us less likely to hire people. i just don't know how the president could come into office, facing 23 million people out of work, rising unemployment and economic crises at the kitchen table, and spend his energy and passion for two years fighting for obamacare instead of fighting for jobs for the american people. >> the irony is that we've seen this model work really well, in massachusetts. because govern romney did a good thing, working with democrats in the state to set up what is essentially the identical model, and as a consequence, people are covered there. it hasn't destroyed job
president obama and governor romney faced off tonight in the first of three debates before election day on november 6th. domestic policy was in focus during the 90-minute showdown at the university of denver. the platform gave govern romney an opportunity to reignite his campaign which has suffered some this summer. they sparred across a range of issues. >> there's a various done of small businesses across the country saying what's the effect of obamacare in your hiring plans. three...
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and did it and deed you know it really does require a vision that lasts longer than these four year election cycles or tear lection cycles and it really does cause a great deal of disillusionment doesn't powerman with the people when nothing does indeed change i did want to talk about another thing that you were writing about the debates the elections i mean i don't even want to talk about what they're going to talk about because we both know what's really telling here is the. lies of omission what do you think's going to be omitted from the dialogue tonight at these debates. or is there going to be omitted. the biggest one for me is of the areas that is the many many areas that republicans and democrats agree on and one of the biggest for me is education both democrats and republicans are intent on dismantling public education and privatizing it through charters the professionalizing teachers and through all of turning around and closing down school districts and mass firings of teachers president obama's race to the top. of proposes to close five thousand schools around the country in the
and did it and deed you know it really does require a vision that lasts longer than these four year election cycles or tear lection cycles and it really does cause a great deal of disillusionment doesn't powerman with the people when nothing does indeed change i did want to talk about another thing that you were writing about the debates the elections i mean i don't even want to talk about what they're going to talk about because we both know what's really telling here is the. lies of omission...
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first you have to pick your candidate on jetblew's website before election day. then you have to be on the losing side to be entered into the sweepstakes to win. this is not something that you move out of the country. you can't do that. >> want to get away? >>> a local news crew in libya raises new questions about the after path of the consulate's attack. that story is coming up. >> we go back to the presidential debate last night with a closer look at the accuracy of the candidates' statements on medicare. stay with us. >>> 5:40 on this thursday morning. some slight sprinkles out here in northwest d.c. other areas you're seeing light to moderate showers. we'll get the showers out of here the next few hours and a much better afternoon. here's a look at the day planner. we have temperatures starting on the mild side. 60s and low 70s. mid-70s by noon. high today about 81 with a 6:00 p.m. temperature back down to 75 degrees. i'll be back with some good starting to the seven-day forecast. you may not like where it goes, though. here's beverly farmer with timesaver tr
first you have to pick your candidate on jetblew's website before election day. then you have to be on the losing side to be entered into the sweepstakes to win. this is not something that you move out of the country. you can't do that. >> want to get away? >>> a local news crew in libya raises new questions about the after path of the consulate's attack. that story is coming up. >> we go back to the presidential debate last night with a closer look at the accuracy of the...
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how would that play out regardless of what happens in the election? >> right. well, i think it's really important to look at the differences between the two candidates, and clearly romney did extraordinarily well. the market's reaction was very quick. s&p was up about seven in futures trading. but here's how to look at it. bmo capital did geopolitical strategy research on the difference in the two candidates' tax policies. this is what it boils down to on the tax corporate side. 's corporate tax plan is much stronger for the markets and much more beneficial than president obama's. we did that research back in june. that's really what's been playing out. if you look at it, it benefits three groups. one is small firms because of the cut in the corporate tax rate from 35% to 25%. the elimination of the territorial nature of the tax code eliminates big tech and pharma. those are the guys that have is trillion dollars overseas which they could bring back to the united states for dividend payouts, share buybacks, debt buybacks and maybe for building plants as well. t
how would that play out regardless of what happens in the election? >> right. well, i think it's really important to look at the differences between the two candidates, and clearly romney did extraordinarily well. the market's reaction was very quick. s&p was up about seven in futures trading. but here's how to look at it. bmo capital did geopolitical strategy research on the difference in the two candidates' tax policies. this is what it boils down to on the tax corporate side. 's...
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because i think that there won't be a recovery his best chance of winning an election in two years' time is if there are proper green shoots of recovery and people can see them and they feel they're feeling better about the economy they're feeling better about their prospects they're feeling better go about getting jobs and feeling better about getting more income then i think he'll benefit from that and they're have a good chance of winning but i don't think anything like that is going to happen under present policy so i think their chances of losing must be very high it's a keynesian idea that capitalism is a way towards working less than having enough is the current economic crisis is a result of that so it's time that we thought of the rails well that was a very long run i mean that was a long run idea that keynes had that in the end a successful capitalism should enable people to work less. and and enjoy life more and he thought hours of work over time would shrink as we got richer but that assume that we wouldn't fall into these holes that you know the progress would be steady and
because i think that there won't be a recovery his best chance of winning an election in two years' time is if there are proper green shoots of recovery and people can see them and they feel they're feeling better about the economy they're feeling better about their prospects they're feeling better go about getting jobs and feeling better about getting more income then i think he'll benefit from that and they're have a good chance of winning but i don't think anything like that is going to...
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the deal one airline is giving voters if the presidential election doesn't go their way. >>> and this is a good deal. 101 under 680. we'll show you a couple of spots in the south bay that i'm tracking coming up. >>> hi, everybody, happy thursday. it is 4:54. a protester spent a full day atop the day at st. peters basilica has come down from his not-so-smart perch. the italian business owner climbed onto the dome tuesday and held up a banner protesting the italian president and that country's economic reform. he finally agreed to come down last night after government officials agreed to discuss new rules that impact local businesses. i guess he made his point. >> guess so. we'll see if there's anything impacting traffic right now. how's it looking, mike? >> we have major b.a.r.t. delays heading during the pittsburg bay point, dublin station as well as t -- some delays. we'll get a live look outside. we do have highway 17 right near where it says campbell at the bottom of your screen. either cardboard or metal in the road. big difference if your car hits it so use caution and avoid what
the deal one airline is giving voters if the presidential election doesn't go their way. >>> and this is a good deal. 101 under 680. we'll show you a couple of spots in the south bay that i'm tracking coming up. >>> hi, everybody, happy thursday. it is 4:54. a protester spent a full day atop the day at st. peters basilica has come down from his not-so-smart perch. the italian business owner climbed onto the dome tuesday and held up a banner protesting the italian president and...
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like a game just like they have for many elections before this they cover politics like a horse race to jack up ratings because gladiator competitions draw more eyeballs than policy discussions since the corporate media is beholden to corporate advertisers and thus beholden to ratings they have to frame their coverage as a sporting event rather than a walkie discussion about policy even though walky discussion about policy he's actually what our nation needs right now policy is also what the media used to be really good at before it lost its way in the corporate world we don't know what questions will be asked in the do it tonight we can hope that they will be focused on policy on the stuff we need to know stuff like how mitt romney's plans to replace obamacare will lead to seventy two million americans losing their health insurance or how romney plans another massive tax cut for the super rich folks like himself twenty percent you know or how president obama plans to stop the loss of american manufacturing jobs and how that might conflict with the fact that his administration is neg
like a game just like they have for many elections before this they cover politics like a horse race to jack up ratings because gladiator competitions draw more eyeballs than policy discussions since the corporate media is beholden to corporate advertisers and thus beholden to ratings they have to frame their coverage as a sporting event rather than a walkie discussion about policy even though walky discussion about policy he's actually what our nation needs right now policy is also what the...
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to election. >>host: abby kiesa look at the numbers the percentage that consider themselves to be highly engaged broken-down bite eight -- by age, 75% and is down 14. what the you attribute the drop? >> there are some things. there may be some disappointment and the president. this summer poll indicated 40% described the feelings about the president as disappointed. but it could be people in gauged newly for the first time. >>host: if you are a boater between the ages of 18 and 29 joined the conversation. we are talking with abby kiesa at the center for information and research known as circle at tufts university 81 we looking solely at young people social political engagement and we do research to help strengthen engagement efforts to involve young people. >>host: how does social media come into play campaign 2012? as a barometer and to change opinion? >> both campaigns and engage in social media there is a great number of organizations trying to and engage people. with respect to elections a lot
to election. >>host: abby kiesa look at the numbers the percentage that consider themselves to be highly engaged broken-down bite eight -- by age, 75% and is down 14. what the you attribute the drop? >> there are some things. there may be some disappointment and the president. this summer poll indicated 40% described the feelings about the president as disappointed. but it could be people in gauged newly for the first time. >>host: if you are a boater between the ages of 18...
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the debate later turned to the president's healthcare are law which romney says he will get rid of if elected. >> if cuts $716 billion from medicare to pay for it. i want to put that money back in medire. it hasilled jobs. >> reporter: the prident tried to bring it back to romney's own healthcare law which he says is quite similar. >> governor romney worked with democrats in the state to set up what is essentially the identical model. it hasn't destroyed jobs. >> reporter: how do voters feel from tonight's debat we will hear fromthem cing up at 110 ov onhannel dan? >> mark matthe reporting. there is no debate over who wins the al west. the call from 95.7 radio during the came as the a's knock off the texas rangers. >> the pitch to michael young swung on a fly ball center field. that is going to do it. drifting back. he is there and he has got it and the a's have won the west! >> it was a great moment at the coliseum today. and abc 7 sports director larry beil is here witheallyjust a fun moment, larry. >> it is amazing. i mean this kind of stuff doesn't happen that often. an a's team that trai
the debate later turned to the president's healthcare are law which romney says he will get rid of if elected. >> if cuts $716 billion from medicare to pay for it. i want to put that money back in medire. it hasilled jobs. >> reporter: the prident tried to bring it back to romney's own healthcare law which he says is quite similar. >> governor romney worked with democrats in the state to set up what is essentially the identical model. it hasn't destroyed jobs. >>...
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. >> five week before the election he's saying that his big, bold idea is never mind. is the reason that governor romney is keeping all these plans to replace secret because they're too good? is it because that somehow middle class a families are going to benefit too much? ♪ i guess you're just what i needed ♪ >>> we begin with the president criticized as being less than effective last night by hyperventilating pundits across the board, but now getting his own chance to put a spin on the first presidential debate. fresh off last night's face-off, the president is hitting the trail in key swing states. he's just touched down in madison, wisconsin, for a rally within the hour. >>> and earlier this afternoon the president described his own complete and utter surprise at the man he met last night. >> when i got onto the stage, i met this very spirited fellow who claimed to be mitt romney. >> yes, followers of this broadcast will be very familiar with the many variations on the man known as willard mitt. last night it was the centrist version who greeted the president o
. >> five week before the election he's saying that his big, bold idea is never mind. is the reason that governor romney is keeping all these plans to replace secret because they're too good? is it because that somehow middle class a families are going to benefit too much? ♪ i guess you're just what i needed ♪ >>> we begin with the president criticized as being less than effective last night by hyperventilating pundits across the board, but now getting his own chance to put a...
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and that's what this election is about. it was the substance of the debate that i think mattered most, the competing view of what is best for getting our country going again. do we want to have, you know, $2 trillion in tax increases hitting the middle class at $4,000 per, you know, per family? or are we going to have tax relief for the middle class? are we going to bring down rates and broaden the base to get economic growth going again? are we going to continue to have higher health insurance premiums under obamacare as we've seen in the past four years, or are we going to have market-oriented reforms that will inject competition that will hold costs down? it was a is he substantive debate last night, and i think that's why governor romney did so well, because a lot of people saw him for the first time, not in a 30-second attack ad or a 12-second snippet on the news, but got to hear him directly. i think it was a good thing. >> well, you certainly are going to be hearing from the obama campaign today. we heard it from dav
and that's what this election is about. it was the substance of the debate that i think mattered most, the competing view of what is best for getting our country going again. do we want to have, you know, $2 trillion in tax increases hitting the middle class at $4,000 per, you know, per family? or are we going to have tax relief for the middle class? are we going to bring down rates and broaden the base to get economic growth going again? are we going to continue to have higher health insurance...
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it is not the way to win elections. i am positive jonathan does not spend time thinking about how they can suppress boaters. that solution, the solution of voter id is wrong. >> i would all for to thank you coming here. i would like to read q uotuote n this issues. . we've seen unprecedented amounts of campaign spending, often by groups that will not disclose their identity. it seems to be like if your argument is money is free speech, we should hold people accountable for what they say. if the ceo of pepsi were to give $1 billion to mayor ron be tomorrow, i would not buy pepsi for the rest of the year. how were we going to hold them accountable? >> just a year? [laughter] >> there are certain soda's i cannot go without. >> not in new york city. it has to be 16 ounces. no more than that. >> how can we hold these people accountable if we do not know what they are saying? take of this election cycle there are a lot of different groups that are organized differently under the tax laws. all of those reports to the fcc and t
it is not the way to win elections. i am positive jonathan does not spend time thinking about how they can suppress boaters. that solution, the solution of voter id is wrong. >> i would all for to thank you coming here. i would like to read q uotuote n this issues. . we've seen unprecedented amounts of campaign spending, often by groups that will not disclose their identity. it seems to be like if your argument is money is free speech, we should hold people accountable for what they say....
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the powerful my steal an election but they cannot steal democracy. (vo) cenk uygur is many things. >>tax cuts don't create jobs. the golden years as the conservatives call them, we had the highest tax rates, and the highest amount of growth, and the highest amount of jobs. those are facts. >>"if you ever raise taxes on the rich, you're going to destroy our economy." not true! >> announcer: radio meets television. the "bill press show." now on current tv. >> announcer: this is the "bill press show". >> bill: it is 13 minutes before the top of the hour now on a thursday morning. the big thursday morning after last night's first presidential debate. taking your calls on what it all means and whether you think it will change the nature of the debate. niles standage has been covering all -- doing most of the predebate coverage. joining us on our news line this morning, take a look at the event itself. hey, nile, good morning. good to have you with us. >> bill: what's the consensus on last night? >> the consensus is quite simply that mitt romney had a much
the powerful my steal an election but they cannot steal democracy. (vo) cenk uygur is many things. >>tax cuts don't create jobs. the golden years as the conservatives call them, we had the highest tax rates, and the highest amount of growth, and the highest amount of jobs. those are facts. >>"if you ever raise taxes on the rich, you're going to destroy our economy." not true! >> announcer: radio meets television. the "bill press show." now on current tv....
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if you're elected we'll get to a trillion-dollar debt. you said before you'd cut the deficit in half and i love this idea of $4 trillion in cuts. you found $4 trillion of ways to reduce or get closer to a balanced budget except we show trillion-dollar deficits every year. that doesn't get the job done. >> what you heard from president obama in coming back was saying that mitt romney had abandoned his tax cut plan, that is not true because what mitt romney said was it was going to be paid for but he also said that the challenge of achieving all the things romney wants to do at the same time, cut tax rates, not increase the deficit or burden the middle class is impossible to do. >> the only way to meet governor romney's pledge of not reducing the deficit or not adding to the deficit is by burdening middle class families, the average middle class family with children would pay about $2,000 more. >> now bottom line, guys, i said that i wasn't persuaded that arianna was right this was a game changer. one thing i know is not correct, joe, is yo
if you're elected we'll get to a trillion-dollar debt. you said before you'd cut the deficit in half and i love this idea of $4 trillion in cuts. you found $4 trillion of ways to reduce or get closer to a balanced budget except we show trillion-dollar deficits every year. that doesn't get the job done. >> what you heard from president obama in coming back was saying that mitt romney had abandoned his tax cut plan, that is not true because what mitt romney said was it was going to be paid...
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do not expect anything before the election. now more than three weeks after the attack, the consulate in benghazi is still not secure. according to a "washington post" reporter on the ground in benghazi, sensitive documents, including the personnel files and records outlining efforts to rounds up loose weapons in libya can be found in plain sight. a republican on the house government oversight committee is criticizing the administration's state of of reliance on the f.b.i. investigation given agents are not in benghazi. >> the area is too dangerous for the f.b.i., but it wasn't dangerous enough for this administration to increase security. i'd like to ask that and i plan on doing it next week. >> fox news has confirmed the state department has yet to provide documents, including e-mails and other communications about security to republican senators corker, isakson, and the house intelligence committee. guys, back to you. >> steve: thank you. live report from the bureau. >> brian: doing incredible work on this story. >> gretchen
do not expect anything before the election. now more than three weeks after the attack, the consulate in benghazi is still not secure. according to a "washington post" reporter on the ground in benghazi, sensitive documents, including the personnel files and records outlining efforts to rounds up loose weapons in libya can be found in plain sight. a republican on the house government oversight committee is criticizing the administration's state of of reliance on the f.b.i....
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went on to win the election. this is according to a company called the grooming lounge, pushing toward getting your eyebrows groomed. and so we did our own web poll with our anchors. >> and the results are in. >> are staggering. we took a look at matt, al, david, and lester's eyebrows. al came in at 8%. matt got 15%, david, 23%, but look who took it home in a big way, mr. lester holt. >> lester holt. >> wow. >> well, the truth is, both of them have -- they have to fill them in on make-up. i feel like i'm a little bit of a fraud here because i had childhood accidents. >> oh. >> no worries. second grade, ran into the monkey bars and i think it was third grade it was dancing and and fell into something. >> well, i think i'm not sure -- maybe a little bias in the polling, maybe. >> i think people are disconcerted that your hair is white yet your eyebrows are brown. does that repeat in other places? what's going on? >> oh, come on. >> i was talking about chest hair. just wondering. >> lester, now that you've been vote
went on to win the election. this is according to a company called the grooming lounge, pushing toward getting your eyebrows groomed. and so we did our own web poll with our anchors. >> and the results are in. >> are staggering. we took a look at matt, al, david, and lester's eyebrows. al came in at 8%. matt got 15%, david, 23%, but look who took it home in a big way, mr. lester holt. >> lester holt. >> wow. >> well, the truth is, both of them have -- they have to...